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Agritourism Blogsen-usUC ANRhttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:01:21 PSTMon, 21 Jan 2019 14:01:21 PSTUC ANR Year One: Organizing the first annual Nevada County Farm Trail WeekendNevada County, with gold country foothills and Sierra Nevada mountains, has almost 100,000 residents and many visitors. Nevada County Grown, dedicated to promoting, empowering and connecting local farmers, ranchers and food makers, is twelve years old and ready for new adventures. On Saturday and Sunday, July 7- 8, 2018, twelve local farms and ranches will host the public for tours, tastes, demonstrations, workshops and music at the first annual Nevada County Farm Trail Weekend.
Nevada County......]]>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:11:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=27632&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=27632Nevada County, CA, USAAgricultureagritourismEconomic DevelopmentFamilyNevada County County Agricultural Ombudsmen Help Bridge the DivideCalifornia agritourism operators report regularly that navigating the permitting and regulatory process is a major challenge for farmers trying to invite the public onto their land for festivals, tours, dinners, classes, lodging or other activities. Some help is now available, at no cost, in some places.
Five Northern California counties offer non-enforcement person-to-person consultation to farmers and ranchers exploring the regulations and permitting requirements for agritourism, food......]]>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:11:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=26887&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=26887agricultural ombudsmanAgricultureagritourismEconomic Development Still Dirty at Thirty! Hoes Down Harvest Festival at Full Belly FarmThe Hoes Down Harvest Festival invites all to play on October 7, 2017
About thirty years ago, young organic farmers Dru Rivers of Full Belly Farm and Annie Main of Good Humus Produce were having trouble selling their dried-flower wreaths at small shops and art shows around Davis, so they had a little brain-wave. They decided to bring people out to the farm to see where the flowers were grown. To their surprise, two or three hundred people showed up for an afternoon at Full Belly Farm in the......]]>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:32:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=25301&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=25301agritourismFull Belly FarmHoes Down Harvest Festival UC Cooperative Extension invites community to California Regional Agritourism SummitsThe University of California Small Farm Program and UC Cooperative Extension advisors in four California regions are working with local partners to organize Regional Agritourism Summits for everyone involved in California agritourism. The Summits will be occasions for farmers, ranchers, county planners, the tourism community and others involved to share, learn, and plan together.
Regional Agritourism Summits 2017Agritourism operators, tourism professionals, county, city and state staff and......]]>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:53:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23090&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23090agritourismUC Small Farm Program California Farm Stay StoriesMany small-scale farmers and ranchers are considering inviting guests for overnight stays as an additional revenue stream and to educate guests, if they're interested, about agricultural life. We talked with some experienced farm stay operators this week to learn more. Each farm stay is as unique as the farm and the farm owner.
Alice Kaiser of Casa de la Pradera in Fiddletown (Amador County), Nori and Mike Naylor of Naylor's Organic Family Farm Stay in Dinuba (Tulare County), Cathie Orr of......]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:23:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22974&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22974California, USAagritourismfarm stay Olive Harvest at Grumpy Goats FarmYesterday I was an agritourist. Pamela Marvel and Stuart Littell, owners of Grumpy Goats Farm, in the Capay Valley of Yolo County, invited me to be part of their annual olive harvest, joining the "friends and family" contingent and picking alongside a hired picking crew. Grumpy Goats is a twenty acre organic farm planted with multiple varieties of olives that are pressed into prize-winning extra virgin olive oil. For me, the day was an adventure. I got to enjoy a sunny fall day being part of an......]]>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:37:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22595&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22595agritourismCapay ValleyGrumpy Goats Farmolives Customer Engagement: U-Pick Membership ProgramsFor a small-scale farm, opening up the fields and orchards to the public and allowing them to pick their own crops can be a wonderful way to engage happy customers and teach children where their food comes from. It can also mean opening the family farm to people who trample vegetable beds, let their children break apple tree branches, and "sample" more than they buy. Two California farms, Suzie's Farm in San Diego and Gabriel Farm in Sonoma County, have set up U-Pick membership programs that......]]>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:25:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21652&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21652agritourismCSAGabriel FarmSuzie''s FarmU-Pick Customer Engagement: Garlic Braiding Party at Eatwell FarmNigel and Lorraine of Eatwell Farm in Dixon go an extra mile to share a taste of real farm experiences with their 500 CSA members and their friends and relations, partly for increased understanding about the farm by their customers and partly to build loyalty and attract new CSA members.
Eatwell Farm is a certified organic, diversified farm of about 100 acres, selling at farmers' markets, through a CSA and to wholesale customers. My wife and I were lucky enough to join the Garlic Braiding......]]>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:25:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21339&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21339agritourismCSAEatwell Farmsmall farms Butte County Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) will help develop agritourismButte County hotel and motel operators have partnered with county and city governments to form a new Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) that will assess a 2 percent fee on short-term stays to promote the many attractions of the county, including agritourism. The goal of the new district is to increase overnight stays by visitors throughout Butte county, and hotel operators see agritourism as a strong driver for attracting overnight visitors.
Brooke Smith, sales manager at the......]]>Wed, 25 May 2016 11:13:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21148&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21148agritourismButte CountyTBIDtourism Farm Dinners: Some stories from the fieldSome call them "Culinary Tourism." Others call them "Farm to Fork." Whatever they're called, dinners on a farm or ranch are increasingly popular with farm fans, and can be profitable for the farmers who host them. We talked with farmers from Full Belly Farm in Capay Valley, Bloomingcamp Ranch in the San Joaquin Valley, and Mother Lode Harvest in the Sierra Nevada foothills to learn a little about their on-farm dinners. Here are their stories and tips for other farmers considering farm......]]>Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:50:00 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=20634&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=20634agritourismfarm dinnersFarm to Fork Weekend Family Fun on the Farm]]>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:24:25 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=2597&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=2597 Holidays on the FarmNew this year – snow in Lathrop!
Christmas carols fill the air, Santa chats with children in the general store full of sweet treats and local crafts and families meet live raindeer and baby farm animals. Meanwhile, a crew of farmworkers-turned-snowmakers work 24 hours a day blowing 100 tons of snow onto a tube-sledding slope. It's all at the Dell’Osso Family Farm right off Highway 5 just south of Lathrop. Welcome to the latest family adventure in the San Joaquin valley, Holidays on the......]]>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:53:51 PSThttp://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=2115&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed
paleff@ucdavis.edu(Penny Leff)http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=2115ChristmascommunityDell'Osso Family FarmLathroppumpkinSan Joaquinsnowwinter